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+## Frontend
+All frontend code lives in `tts_frontend/`
+
+###Installation
+Bootstraped with `create-react-app`
+```
+nvm ls-remote
+nvm install v12.14.1 # eg, latest lts release
+nvm use v12.14.1
+npm install -g npm # update
+```
+
+npm start
+
+npm run build
+